§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish a table showing the(a) perinatal, (b) infant and (c) overall mortality rates by social class in London regional health authorities in 1970, 1980 and for the latest date available.
§ Mr. Dorrell[holding answer 13 January 1992]: The information is not available in the form requested. The available information is shown in the tables.
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Perinatal and infant mortality by social class of father (as defined by occupation) 1980 (births within marriage only). Perinatal deaths per 1,000 total births. Infant deaths per 1,000 live births. Social Class Perinatal deaths Infant deaths North West Thames regional health authority All 10.4 10.4 I-V 10.4 10.2 I 8.7 7.0 II 9.1 9.5 III 11.3 10.6 IV 10.7 11.8 V 12.8 15.5 North East Thames regional health authority All 13.1 11.1 I-V 13.0 10.7 I 10.5 8.3 II 13.4 10.7 III 12.2 9.2 IV 14.3 13.4 V 19.2 21.4
Social Class Perinatal deaths Infant deaths South East Thames regional health authority All 12.0 11.5 I-V 11.9 11.2 I 4.6 5.4 II 10.9 10.0 III 12.2 9.2 IV 15.7 15.6 V 14.8 15.4 South West Thames regional health authority All 10.5 10.4 I-V 10.1 10.0 I 7.1 7.3 II 9.5 9.8 III 10.5 9.4 IV 14.3 15.4 V 9.7 14.6
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Perinatal and Infant deaths by social class of father (as defined by occupation) 1989 (births within marriage only). Perinatal deaths per 1,000 total births. Infant deaths per 1,000 live births. Social class Perinatal deaths rate per 1,000 total births Infant deaths rate per 1,000 live births North West Thames regional health authority All 7.9 7.2 I-V 7.6 6.9 I 6.3 6.3 II 6.3 5.8 IIIN 8.1 7.5 IIIM 7.9 6.5 IV 10.7 8.8 V 115.4 119.1 North East Thames regional health authority All 7.8 7.4 I-V 7.8 7.4 I 14.1 5.8 II 7.2 5.7 IIIN 8.3 8.8 IIIM 7.9 8.1 IV 10.8 8.4 V 17.1 110.0 South East Thames regional health authority All 8.2 7.6 I-V 8.1 7.5 I 16.3 15.4 II 7.7 6.7 IIIN 7.4 7.6 IIIM 8.7 7.7 IV 8.8 8.8 V 19.2 112.6 South West Thames regional health authority All 6.8 6.6 I-V 6.8 6.6 I 5.1 7.2 II 5.8 6.1 IIIN 8.0 14.9 IIIM 7.7 6.7 IV 8.7 10.5 V 111.5 15.8 1Indicates rates calculated from less than 20 deaths to warn the user that their reliability as a measure may be affected by the number of events.
Deaths by social class (as defined by occupation) 1971 Rates per 1000 population for males aged 15–64 Social class Metropolitan Regional Hospital Area Total I II IIIN IIIM IV V North West 5.3 3.9 4.8 5.4 5.7 7.4 9.1 North East 5.5 3.6 4.9 5.2 5.6 7.1 8.5 South East 4.8 3.2 4.2 4.5 5.1 6.4 8.2 South West 4.2 3.0 3.8 4.4 4.7 6.0 7.1
Deaths by social class (as defined by occupation) 1981 Rates per 1000 population for males aged 16–64 Social class Regional Health Authority Total I II IIIN IIIM IV V North West Thames 4.5 3.0 3.7 4.2 5.1 6.1 8.3 North East Thames 4.7 2.9 3.7 4.3 5.3 6.5 8.7 South East Thames 4.8 3.2 4.2 4.5 5.1 6.4 8.2 South West Thames 4.2 3.0 3.8 4.4 4.7 6.0 7.1 Notes:
1. The figures in these tables are based on deaths in the years around the 1971 and 1981 censuses. The top table covers the years 1970–72, the bottom table covers 1979, 1980, 1982 and 1983.
There was a strike among registrars in 1981 and so no data are available for that year.
2. Figures in these tables are crude death rates and have not been standardised for age differences between men in different social classes in different regions.